Solfege : Mi Mi Re Do Do Re Re Mi Re Do Sol Sol Fa Mi Mi Re Do Re Mi Do (x6)
History :
“Go Tell Aunt Rhody” was thought to have been composed for a 1752 opera by the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. It is believed that this is the “Aunt Rhody” tune. There is no known source for the text, but it is believed that it is connected to the Anansi trickster cycle of West Africa.
Go tell Aunt Rhody
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
The old grey goose is dead.
The one that she's been savin' (3 times)
To make a feather bed.
She died in the millpond (3 times)
From standin' on her head.
The goslins are crying (3 times)
Because their mammy's dead.
The gander is weeping (3 times)
Because his wife is dead.
Repeat First Verse
Solfege :
Mi Mi Re Do Do
Re Re Mi Re Do
Sol Sol Fa Mi Mi
Re Do Re Mi Do (x6)
History :
“Go Tell Aunt Rhody” was thought to have been composed for a 1752 opera by the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. It is believed that this is the “Aunt Rhody” tune. There is no known source for the text, but it is believed that it is connected to the Anansi trickster cycle of West Africa.
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